H.M.A.S. AE 1 (1913)

H.M.A.S. AE 1 (1913)
Builder:	Vickers^[1]
Ordered:	1910-11^[2]
Launched:	18 Jun, 1913^[3]
Commissioned:	28 Feb, 1914^[4]
Lost:	14 Sep, 1914^[5]
Fate:	unknown cause

H.M.A.S. AE 1 was one of fifty-seven "E" class submarines, and one of two allocated to the Royal Australian Navy.

Service

After just seven months in service, the submarine disappeared near Papua, New Guinea. The wreck was discovered in 2017.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant in Command Thomas F. Besant, 28 February, 1914^[6] – 14 September, 1914^[7] (killed when submarine disappeared)

Footnotes

↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
↑ Royal Australian Navy page on AE 1
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.
↑ Royal Australian Navy page on AE 1
↑ Royal Australian Navy page on AE 1

Bibliography

"E" Class Submarine

E 1 Group

E 1

E 2

E 3

E 4

E 5

E 6

E 7

E 8

AE 1

AE 2

E 9 Group

E 9

E 10

E 11

E 12

E 13

E 14

E 15

E 16

E 17

E 18

E 19

E 20

E 21

E 22

E 23

E 25

E 26

E 27

E 29

E 30

E 31

E 32

E 33

E 35

E 36

E 37

E 38

E 39

E 40

E 42

E 43

E 44

E 47

E 48

E 49

E 50

E 52

E 53

E 54

E 55

E 56

Minelayers

E 24

E 34

E 41

E 45

E 46

E 51

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[1] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.

[4] Royal Australian Navy page on AE 1

[5] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 88.

[6] Royal Australian Navy page on AE 1

[7] Royal Australian Navy page on AE 1

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